The #MeToo Movement : Investigating the Lasting International …
2024年1月31日 · The Origins of the #MeToo Movement. To stand up against perpetrators of sexual violence, activist Tarana Burke, a survivor of sexual assault, coined the term “me too” in 2006. Burke initially focused on women of color, using the term to emphasize empowerment through empathy. On October 5, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano exposed film producer ...
The Lithium Triangle: Where Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia Meet
2020年1月15日 · The lightest of metals may be causing the largest of impacts. Lithium, which powers our phones, laptops, and electric cars, is essential to our battery-driven world. The demand for lithium has rapidly increased, as the global market’s annual consumption has risen by 8.9 percent annually. This demand will only intensify as hybrid and electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and portable ...
Public Health and Overpopulation: The United Nations Takes Action
2022年6月20日 · The global population is currently rising at a steady rate. The number of humans existing on Earth has never been as high as it is now. In 1800, Earth had approximately 1 billion inhabitants, which rose to 2.3 billion in 1940, then 3.7 billion in 1970, and approximately 7.5 billion today. In the last five decades, Earth has experienced an ...
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The Collapse of Excuses: Palestinian Activist Jonathan Kuttab Discusses War, Human Rights, and the Power of Impunity. The Harvard International Review is a quarterly magazine offering insight on international affairs from the perspectives of scholars, leaders, and policymakers.
Esports Part 1: What are Esports? - Harvard International Review
2020年4月24日 · Esports Part 1: What are Esports? This is part 1 of a 4 part series on Esports. Most people recognize the names Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Tom Brady, figures often seen as the faces of their respective sports. Names like Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok, Luka “Perkz” Perković, and Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang may not have quite the same ...
Cambodia’s Triumph and Tragedy: The UN’s Greatest Experiment …
2023年2月13日 · In 1991 Cambodia was a mess. Cambodia had spent centuries being stripped by a kleptocratic and Byzantine monarchy and then treated as an appendage to Vietnam by a disinterested French colonial system. But what little there was in 1970 was comprehensively destroyed over the next two decades. Nixon’s bombers, internal coups and power struggles, the genocidal insanity of the Khmer Rouge, and a ...
Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United States …
2020年12月28日 · Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United States and China. In a time of ever-increasing wealth of information on the internet, China has become notorious for having the most stringent internet censorship policies and surveillance systems in the world. Search engines and social media platforms that are ubiquitous in the United ...
Supervising Surveillance: International Law and the Surveillance State
2020年11月11日 · The surveillance state is ubiquitous and increasingly transnational, so the realm of international law presents an opportunity to build a theoretical framework for at least protecting the human rights and privacy of non-citizens from foreign surveillance. Considering and implementing this framework is a necessary first step in the path to a ...
HIR Academic Writing Contest - Harvard International Review
2024年5月31日 · Who We Are The Harvard International Review is a quarterly magazine offering insight on international affairs from the perspectives of scholars, leaders, and policymakers. Since our founding in 1979, we've set out to bridge the worlds of academia and policy through outstanding writing and editorial selection. The quality of our
A Whale of a Problem: Japan’s Whaling Policies and the …
2019年10月23日 · In 1982, the member countries of the IWC, which included Japan at the time, decided in favor of a commercial whaling moratorium, a policy that began in 1985 and is still in effect today. Nonetheless, this policy did not preclude all whaling by member countries. Exemptions have been granted on an annual basis for whale hunting on the basis of ...